If there's going to be super conferences from one end of the country to the next, so be it. If everyone is going to stand pat, perhaps with the exception of Texas A&M heading to the SEC, that's fine, too. Top 25 teams, non-top 25 team, ACC or SEC, Sun Belt or Conference USA, Mountain West or MAC, WAC or SWAC. Whatever. Draw 'em up, divide 'em up, however it best suits your needs or desires or your TV programming.

Just play on, boys.

At times, we forgot momentarily to appreciate what we have in front of us. That being, of course, that this is a pretty good game. There's a reason so many people connect to college football, and the main reasons have little to do with conference affiliation.

The game is going to work whether it's the Pac-10, Pac-12 or Pac-16. Real estate may lean heavily on location, location, location. But in college football, the main attraction is the product and, judging from the first two weeks of play this season, the product is pretty darn good.

We just needed to be reminded of what's most important.

So thanks, Michigan and Notre Dame. Thanks, Auburn and Mississippi State. Thank you, Texas and BYU, and you, too, Arizona State and Missouri. Many thanks to Iowa State and Iowa, to Rice and Purdue, and Cal and Colorado, South Carolina and Georgia and even USC and Utah. And that was just this past weekend.

Thanks to the standout performances, of which there have been many. Thanks to the fans who fill the stadiums and create an atmosphere that is unique and alluring. Put it all together, and it's really something special.

Above all else, just keep playing.

While we wait to see if a 14th team joins the SEC -- that is, if the 13th team (Texas A&M) actually gets the final approval, the current league is pretty good as is.

It's important to keep in mind the game of college football itself is sound, it's the infrastructure that's shaky.

There could be great changes ahead in conference affiliations, conference and individual TV packages and other such matters. Then again, the best move may be not to make a move. Only time -- or maybe Baylor or Oklahoma or Texas -- will tell.